Re: Word-a-Day: cancel, stop

From: Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>
To: Shaun McCance <shaunm gnome org>
Cc: matteo member fsf org, gnome-doc-list gnome org
Subject: Re: Word-a-Day: cancel, stop
Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:43:46 +0100


On 6 Aug 2008, at 21:45, Shaun McCance wrote:

Abort probably doesn't belong in user-facing text, though I'm
willing to entertain suggestions for places where it's called
for.

Agreed. Abort, kill and terminate are all rather emotive words, andindeed I've read styleguides in my time that explicitly discouragetheir use.


Cheeri,
Calum.

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References:
- Word-a-Day: cancel, stop
  - From: Shaun McCance
- Re: Word-a-Day: cancel, stop
  - From: Matteo Settenvini
- Re: Word-a-Day: cancel, stop
  - From: Djihed Afifi
- Re: Word-a-Day: cancel, stop
  - From: Shaun McCance

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